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Thursday, January 19, 2012

Pancake mix honey raisin coffee cake

I've been lounging lately. The weather is cold, damp and bitter, so like a squirrel I nibble, snack, and hibernate. After eating MOST of my party leftovers, I was digging deep to see what I could make today. I looked in my pantry and noticed the pancake mix that has been there a while. Not too long, but enough. Today's the day Mr. Pancake mix. So, I racked my brain to come up with something, racking my brain is not that hard I must say, it's very spacious and roomy... So, I had another AHA moment.

This was in my pantry and fridge. (Oh yes I bought eggs...)

Today's Recipe Pancake Mix Honey Raisin Coffee Cake

This recipe doesn't have nuts in it. You may add nuts to the topping glaze if you want.

2 cups pancake mix ( I have the store brand)

1 cup of greek yogurt

6 TBSP Butter (4 TBSP melted for batter, 2 for topping)

2 eggs

1/2 cup brown sugar (divided) 1/4 for batter, 1/4 for topping

raisins ( I had about 1/4 cup leftover but you could cut up an apple or put in nuts)

Pour over cake batter and put in a preheated 350 degree oven for 30 minutes.

I love the smell of cinnamon! Beep Beep... it's done! Here it is... all golden and delicious.

Time for me to try it! Well, it's just scrumptious. Light and fluffy. ( I omitted lots of fat, most of the time coffee cake uses a lot of butter... I used half the amount. Also, I saved about 1/2 cup of sugar in this recipe... I really don't know how many calories I saved but it's a lot.

Remember, you can use what you have to create tasty and delicious dishes. I did it with this coffee cake. Take it to the next get together and let me know how it goes over!

2 comments:

It was really delicious, next time I will double the glaze and add pecans! Since it's WALNUTS I can't eat... but pecans I can... (SINCE I SCARFED down your cake, which btw was the best chocolate cake I had in a very very long time...no joke!

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